EDITORIAL

Youre walking along Wheeling Avenue and a light pole conks you on the head.

One does not expect light poles to fall on ones head, but it easily could have happened here.

On Tuesday, a tree trimmer downtown tugged on an extension cord in a tree, and that was enough to topple a light pole to which the other end of the cord was attached. Then another light pole fell in domino fashion.

Mercifully, no one was hurt, so personal injury lawyers didnt need to be summoned.

It happened in the 700 block of Wheeling Avenue and closed main street for a little less than an hour while the city and AEP made the scene safe and cleaned up the mess. Both got there quickly and did a good job.

The power company inspected other light poles downtown and found at least one other pole in questionable condition.

Light poles weakened by years of decay inside their bases where it cant been seen are not unusual.

For what its worth, if a light pole is going to fall on us, can we have one with a flower basket?